Building Information Management

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus? Answers to the above: 1.

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Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 28, 2014

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure announced that earlier this week it reached the milestone of 1,500 Envision Sustainability Professionals who have been credentialed in the use of the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system. yes, something like LEED for roads and bridges).

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Sustainability Los Angeles San Diego Infrastructure 120

Lets Build

JUNE 2, 2017

Global warming is one of the main reasons why sustainable housing is ideal for future construction. Sustainable homes do not only help the environment by reducing the overall environmental impact during and after construction, but it contributes towards many social and economic benefits. Construction Material.

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Sustainability Housing Green Materials 159

Building Information Management

MARCH 19, 2013

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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Life Cycle Management BIM Engineering 53

Building Radar

MAY 12, 2020

The need and importance of sustainability in construction has become a debated topic due to growing concerns over climate change and the finite nature of resources. A sustainable build should take these factors into account along with the biodiversity of the land. Not only that, the sector is also a major producer of waste.

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Sustainability Construction Life Cycle Green 52

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The successful integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology leads to the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on- budget. I have dedicated a fair portion of my life to improving physical asset life-cycle total cost of ownership management.

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Life Cycle Procurement Renovating Budgeting 115

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 10, 2023

One of the things that often comes up when discussing the future of construction is sustainability. This is, after all, the only planet we can live in (that we know of), so promoting sustainability will serve us — and future generations. This post rounds up some notable examples of sustainable construction materials.

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Sustainability Materials Concrete Construction 52

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us. INTRODUCTION. A PROGRAM STRATEGY. TOOLS AND SERVICES. via Four BT, LLC – www.4BT.us

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Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

MAY 17, 2022

Is your organization ready? “ESG- Using Environmental, Social and Governance factors to evaluate companies and countries on how far advanced they are with sustainability. . “ESG- Using Environmental, Social and Governance factors to evaluate companies and countries on how far advanced they are with sustainability.

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Regulation Risk Equity Organization 227

Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Is this really progress?

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Sustainability Green Life Cycle Design 52

Building Information Management

APRIL 7, 2014

It’s time for Owners to stop the marketing… Stop hyping their LEED Silver or “Whatever” Buildings… and actually participate in life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. A focus upon life-cycle costs vs. first costs in terms finance and environmental impact.

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Life Cycle Environment BIM Management 40

Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When specifying flooring, one should consider both sustainability and performance. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. Even sustainably made floors must be installed correctly.

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Sustainability Certification Green Products 52

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 20, 2020

LEAN JOC (Job Order Contracting) is a robust integrated project delivery process for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction. The approach invests more resources earlier in the Project life-cycle. Asset Life-cycle Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) Management www.4BT.us.

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Contract Life Cycle Environment Renovating 132

BD+C

JANUARY 18, 2024

As the head of the firm’s Sustainable Design Community of Practice within the structures group, Roberts specializes in life cycle assessment, embodied carbon studies, and the integration of sustainable and salvaged materials.

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Atlanta Structural Engineering Life Cycle Sustainability 52

Building Information Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Inspections 61

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 26, 2021

Real proper owners and FMers bear the responsibility for professionally managing processes and creating sustainable value via relationship management. Eds), Managing Organizational Ecologies: Space, Management and Organizations, Routledge, New York, NY. Traditional methods are antagonistic in this regard. Four BT, LLC. and Price, I.

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New York Life Cycle Conference Management 149

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 29, 2020

Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a prerequisite to obtaining best value outcomes for facilities / built infrastructure repair, renovation maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. Each task is described in plain English and organized using CSI Masterformat. see LEAN construction guide ).

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Estimating Procurement Life Cycle Construction 151

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 28, 2018

While this report targets defense infrastructure, the issue is far worse at the GSA and other non-DOD government agencies where there is a basic lack of understanding and implementation of organization-wide, best value, LEAN Facilities Management, and LEAN Construction Delivery Methods. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2018.

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Estimating Life Cycle Defense Infrastructure 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2018

LEAN Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, for major new construction and LEAN Job Order Contracting, JOC, for repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction, are proven solutions that are readily available to real property owners that have the requisite levels of leadership and competency. .” – W.

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Life Cycle Construction Renovating Contract 100

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 14, 2019

Any real property owner and their service providers can leverage collaborative project delivery to increase efficiency and reduce design, construction, and life-cycle costs. Both, when implemented properly, reduce waste, compress schedules, lower costs, and improve satisfaction for team members and clients.

Design 100

Design Procurement Life Cycle Construction 100

BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga.

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Procurement Life Cycle Construction Materials 52

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Over the past few years real property owners are being pressured more than ever to transition sustainable economic and environmental facilities management policies and programs. Many commercial real property owners and facilities managers will require building competencies in all aspects of built environment life-cycle management.

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Life Cycle Construction Change Orders Procurement 100

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 18, 2012

As facilities costs are second only to personal/labor costs for most organizations, the need for breadth, consistency and transparency of BUILDING INFORMATION to understand, articulate, prioritize, and act upon requirements is readily apparent. Information must be timely, accurate, transparent, actionable, traceable, and shared collaboratively.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Procurement 65

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 9, 2017

The core aspects of LEANconstruction have been deployed for decades through collaborative construction delivery methods such as Integrated Project Delivery – IPD (for major new construction) and Job Order Contracting – JOC (for renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction). Collaboration.

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Procurement Life Cycle Education Organization 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 31, 2019

If the information is understood and applied property, the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget becomes the norm versus the exception. The most common and proven tools for this is a detailed, locally researched unit price book.

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Procurement Plans Life Cycle Construction 103

Green Building Law Update

MARCH 16, 2014

EPDs articulate the conclusions of a life cycle assessment. Life cycle assessment is widely accepted to encompass 5 stages: raw material acquisition, manufacturing, transportation, use, and end of life. 14025 EPDs Globes Green ISO LEED Product Sustainability declaration environmental' In the U.S.

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Green Life Cycle Products Baltimore 120

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Focus is upon providing an Open Framework that can be used out-of-the-box, yet also be tailored to specific organizations and requirements, while still maintaining standardized informational core data to assure portability and information maintenance. This is accomplished through the integration of.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle Renovating Management 100

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

Educational and training programs must focus upon asset life-cycle management and modeling. Overall focus must shift from first-cost mentality to life-cycle/total-cost-of-ownership. 1998): Leading Indicators: forecast future trends inside and outside the organization.

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Renovating Life Cycle Contract Estimating 100

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 26, 2017

The full support of an organization and associated service providers is required in order to deliver provide a level of Facilities Operations & Maintenance Management in concert with their mission and goals. Most organizations are historically first-cost driven, a bias that negatively affects overall return on investment.

Management 100

Management Life Cycle Education Organization 100

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Any Job Order Contracting Solution should incorporate an “Open Framework” that can be used “out-of-the-box”, yet also be tailored to specific organizations and requirements. Or, an Owner may wish to leverage a JOC Consultant for appropriate aspects of the program while buildings internal capabilities and resources.

Contract 100

Contract Life Cycle CSI Consulting 100

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 22, 2017

Commercial sector energy consumption form profit and nonprofit organizations is used primarily for heating and cooling systems, lights, refrigerators, computers, and other equipment in the buildings where businesses, institutions, and other organizations are located.

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Commercial United States Life Cycle Management 100

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

LEAN Collaborative Construction Delivery techniques are where organizations will “win” or “lose” with respect to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology, or BIM. The required changes are so radical they can’t be implemented or support by simply buying software. The Path Forward.

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Management Life Cycle BIM Renovating 100

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

life-cycle management of the built environment, alignment of structures with. Leading organizations already are investing. Leading organizations already are investing. adaptive and efficient facility life-cycle. Both technologies also embed. associated business process rules and. management practices.

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BIM Life Cycle Management Estimating 76

Building Information Management

JUNE 16, 2016

Robust LEAN construction delivery processes must be implemented consistently throughout the organization, while also taking into account local requirements and conditions. . “Trust but measure” is a core component of LEAN, as are continuous improvement, and key performance indicators, KPIs.

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Site Renovating Sustainability Life Cycle 40

Building Information Management

MAY 16, 2016

Focus upon best value, requisite outcomes, and life-cycle costing, full cost transparency, shared knowledge, combine to drive lower total cost of ownership. Develop competencies across all knowledge domains that support the organization, suppliers, and service providers. Life-cycle repair versus replace analysis.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Procurement Organization Modeling 40

Building Information Management

MAY 16, 2016

Focus upon best value, requisite outcomes, and life-cycle costing, full cost transparency, shared knowledge, combine to drive lower total cost of ownership. Develop competencies across all knowledge domains that support the organization, suppliers, and service providers. Life-cycle repair versus replace analysis.

Life Cycle 40

Life Cycle Procurement Organization Modeling 40

Job Order Contracting

JULY 10, 2017

agreement: a fully executed (signed by appropriate parties) between the demand organization and the provider of services and products that clearly describes requirements in sufficient detail, including conditions, costs, resources required, desired outputs, and associated workflows. measurement: process to determine a value.

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Organization Construction Documentation Agreement 100